Among the services The Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides are:

 

          Provide food to the needy in our community through our Food Pantry at St. Monica's

 

          Home bound visits to parishioners

 

          Money distributed to the needy in our community for rent, utilities, emergency housing, certain

          medicines and gas     

 

          Budget counselling

 

          Offer prayer for those in need

           

          EMERGENCY FOOD REQUESTS: SVDP provides food to transient clients and also, on a one-time

          basis, to people who need food in an emergency. Call the church office for assistance.

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          The Saint Vincent De Paul Society Food Pantry originated at St. Monica's October 1985.

          The goal of the food pantry is to provide those who ask for and need assistance with enough

          food to feed their families for one week each month.  The hope being the recipients will then

          be able to use that week's food money to pay other bills.  Every month we provide all of the 

          items on the Food Order Form.  These are staple items that provide nutritional meals for the

          recipients.

         

          Monetary donations, food and household items are collected at both Parishes on the first 

          Sunday of each month.  Some items are put into inventory to fill the order forms on distribution

          day. Miscellaneous things are then displayed on tables, giving the families choices of a variety

          of different items to add to their boxes of food.  Additional funding for the food pantry comes through

          the SVDP collections. The Midwest Food Bank gives many things for distribution. We never know 

          what these items will be.  These "surprises" are great additions to the regular food pantry items.